The original American channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 with the Bugs Bunny short "Rhapsody Rabbit," being its first-ever aired program. Cartoon Network originally served as a 24-hour outlet for classic animation properties from the Turner Broadcasting libraries.

Cartoon Network is mainly youth-oriented, but shares channel space with a late-night adult-oriented channel skein called Adult Swim. In recent years, despite its name, Cartoon Network began airing more live-action programming, including movies and series, even beginning to broadcasting in 1080i High Definition. The number of live-action series has decreased since 2010; however, this is largely due to the failure of their live-action reality show block, entitled "CN Real."

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Ed, Edd n Eddy

Ed, Edd n Eddy was one of Cartoon Network's most popular shows and currently the longest running series on the network with a lifespan of ten years. Reruns continued to air after the feature-length film finale was aired in 2009. The Cartoon Network website contains a variety of different Ed, Edd n Eddy online games.

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Cartoon Network Test Pitch Logo.

Before Cartoon Network had started broadcasting, they used this logo in their marketing to cable operators and advertisers. The character in the middle was interchangeable with any of the characters that were going to run on the network.

Cartoon Network's first logo, used since May 1st, 1992 until June 13th, 2004.

Cartoon Network's second logo, used since June 14th, 2004 until May 28th, 2010.